Talcum Powder

On Thursday, July 12th, a St. Louis jury awarded $4.69 billion in total damages to 22 women who argued that the asbestos present in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder caused them to develop ovarian cancer. Although Johnson & Johnson denies the accusation, Mark Lanier, the women’s lead talcum powder lawyer, said the company had spent 40 years hiding evidence of

Is talcum powder cancer a true risk? It’s a question that’s on the minds of many women. Currently, Johnson & Johnson faces around 1,500 lawsuits that allege talcum powder caused the female plaintiffs to develop ovarian cancer. While you may have seen recent news on a jury who did not agree that talcum powder caused cancer for one plaintiff, there

For almost 40 years, Tennessee woman Nora Daniels used Johnson & Johnson talcum baby powder every day. In 2013, Ms. Daniels was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She chose to file a talcum powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and alleged that they did not give consumers enough warning about the risk to women involving the development of ovarian cancer from

Talc lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson continue to move forward across the nation. Recently, Johnson & Johnson lost their third talcum powder lawsuit which resulted in the drug company paying out more than $77 million in damages to a California woman who believes that her cancer diagnosis came as a direct result from using Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder. Talc

Research shows that as many as 10,000 cases of talcum powder-related ovarian cancer are diagnosed every year. How does talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? Products such as Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body powder have a naturally occurring mineral called talc. This mineral shares similar properties with asbestos, another mineral linked to deadly cancers. Contact a nationwide talcum